Samuel Ella - correspondence, ca 1815-1899

A 203 - A 216

series

1815, 1826, 1836-1837, 1839, 1841, 1843, 1845-1899

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings

422952

Microfilm : CY 2974 (A 202 v.1)

15 volumes - 0.98 Meters
Textual Records
Photographs
Textual Records - (printed)
Clippings

Volumes contain mainly personal correspondence to Ella, reports and comments on Ella's activities, and welcoming to posts. Many letters are from fellow clergyman and are addressed to "my dear brother" whilst Ella was located in Sydney, Samoa, and the Loyalty Islands. Some letters are not composed in English
Vol. 1
ca. 1836, 1839, 1843, 1847-1858; Includes some letters addressed to Eliza Black, and an identified journal on notepaper, and a memorandum book. Most letters are to Ella whilst stationed at Upolu, Samoa (Call No.: A 202)
Vol. 2
1859-1862; Includes receipts; quotes; and printed circular notice announcing Ella's business as a general printer and bookbinder corner of Pitt and King Streets. Also contains printed "Report of the Boarding School for native children, Guwahma, Nengone, South Seas by Mrs. S.M. Creach, 1861" (Call No.: A 203)
Vol. 3
1863-1864; Includes quotes from Printing & Bookbinding Offices in George Street for the printing of the New Testament; receipts for merchandise; printed "Monthly reporter for the British & Foreign Bible Society. No.10 1864"; list of members of the Congregational Church, Woollahra (Call No.: A 204)
Vol. 4
1873-1876; Includes correspondence from the London Missionary Society in London noting Ella as "Missionary of the Loyalty Islands" (Call No.: A 205)
Vol. 5
1867-1869; Includes letters addressed to Ella whilst at Upolu, Samoa and Uea, Loyalty Islands; and printed partnership notice of Ella and Fry, public accountants (Call No.: A 206)
Vol. 6
1865-1867; Contains letters from Samuel to Eliza Ella and Aine; and accounts. Addressed to Ella at Nea (or Uea?) Loyalty Islands, and Upolu, Samoa (Call No.: A 207)
Vol. 7
1870-1872; Includes Independent newspaper article on "The Islands of Western Polynesia", 1872; and printed notice of London Missionary Society meeting featuring Rev. S. Ella, 1872 (Call No.: A 208)
Vol. 8
1815, 1826, 1837, 1841, 1843, 1845-1848, 1852-1853, 1859-1878; Some letters at the beginning of the volume are addressed to Threlkeld. Includes receipts; "The Printer. No.16, 1845"; Ella's accounts with the London Missionary Society (LMS) and letters from the Society; and circular for Sydney Agents of the LMS, 1870. (Call No.: A 209)
Vol. 9
1878-1880, 1882, 1885, 1887-1895; Includes letters from the LMS regarding budget and work to be achieved, and letters from Ella's nephew on letterhead "The Sehl-Hastie-Erskine Furniture Co."
Vol. 10
1895-1899; Correspondence mainly from John B. Stair, St. Arnaud; also contains a printed and typed letter from R. Etheridge, Curator at the Australian Museum for assistance in identification and information on the ethnological collections (Call No.: A 211)
Vol. 11
1877, 1893-1895, 1898 ; Contains some correspondence, accounts, notes, meeting minutes, tables of languages, and programmes for meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science in Brisbane and Adelaide. The notes include descriptions of Polynesian native clothing; the Gilbert Islands; and Iainan language. The tables include comparisons of the dialects of Polynesia, Malya, Malagasy and Australian; Indo-Polynesian words; Malayo-Polynesian words; Samoan words from Malayan roots; dialects of the Malay Archipelago. Notes are often on the reverse of stationery of Sydney companies such as Wood & Company (Livery business on Elizabeth & Castlereagh Street), and Andrews Bros (monumental sculptures, Elizabeth St). There is also a flyer for a Young Ladies school at Rathomore, Petersham, with classes conducted by Misses Ella. (Call No.: A 212)
Vol. 12
1847, 1857, 1860, 1862-1863, 1869, 1872-1878; Contains extracts from general meetings; receipts and accounts; article on Samoan printing establishment that appeared in The Missionary Magazine and Chronicle, 1847; and circular from the Colonial Secretary's Office on Roko Tui, 1878 (Call No.: A 213)
Vol. 13
1879-1887; Predominantly correspondence with many letters are addressed to Ella at Petersham, Sydney (Call No.: 214)
Vol. 14
ca. 1888-1899; Includes letters of sympathy regarding the loss of Ella's son; Daily Telegraph map of Sydney tramways, 1890; invitations; and notes made in non-English language. At the back of the volume are 6 photographic portraits, four of which are titled: Dr MacFarlane, Rev. S. Ella, Commandant Booth, General Booth [ie. William. First general of the Salvation Army]. There are also ca. 78 engraving portraits of various ministers; and photographs of Islanders with missionaries and their families and outside dwellings (residences and churches); and unidentified ships (Call No.: A 215)
Vol.15
ca. 1853-1861, 1875, 1895-1897; Correspondence to Ella mainly from Henry L. Black; accounts; handwritten excerpts from the Bible in notebook format; notes on religious instruction; "Almanak Iai, 1875" printed page showing calendar year; notes on dialect changes of the Indo-Polynesian language; notes on alphabet, vocabulary, and grammar; Petersham Young People's Institute first session, 1896 (typed sheet); Hordern Brothers, Pitt Street, advertising flyer; anthropological notes. At the back of this volume are 4 photographs of Reverend Ella's family, home, and church in Loyalty Islands; and a missionary's house in New Hebrides (Call No.: A 216)

Chronological within volumes

A 216 has been rebound at an unknown date
D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover of A 216

Some photographs are titled
Most letters are dated